Wonderful Solemn High Mass in the EF at the Birmingham Oratory (UK) tonight. Plainchant for Propers, including Lauda Sion; Guererro Mass and motets by Guererro and Victoria. Splendid Procession after Mass followed by Solemn Benediction. Very large turnout – people of all ages. Well done the Oratorians once again.

On Thursday, the Feast of Corpus Christi, Mass will be at the usual time of 7am. On Sunday (the 14th), there will be a Corpus Christi Procession after the first Mass and before the second Mass. The 11am Mass is expected to start around 15 minutes late. After the second Mass, there will be Adoration up until Benediction at 4pm.

We Melbourne Dominican friars are now in the third day of the 2009 Eucharistic Festival at our Camberwell parish of St Dominic in the south-eastern suburbs. 6:45pm tonight, Fr John Walshe of Mentone Parish will speak on the Eucharist and the Lord’s Resurrection followed by a Holy Hour. Tomorrow night, Vigil Mass of the Solemnity with Bishop Anthony Fisher OP and his Keynote Address to follow at Siena College on the Festival’s theme: The Eucharist Makes All Things New. Gold coin donations gratefully received.

Holy Name of Jesus- Providence,RI
Procession led by traditional Bishop Rifan of Campos, Brazil-to begin following the 11:00 TLM( aprox 1pm )Procession will also include the crowning of the image of Mary by the first communion children and investment of brown scapulars. TLM will be the first to be celebrated by newly ordained Rev.Fr.Albert Marcello.

Assumption Grotto in Detroit will have it’s annual Corpus Christi procession this Sunday following the Noon, Solemn High Mass. Fr. Eduard Perrone will direct the choir and symphony in Mozart’s “Credo Mass”.

Also, in Detroit, Archbishop Allen Vigneron will hold the first Eucharistic Procession in probably 50 years starting at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, using some vestments that were recently discovered there, along with a beautiful canopy (it was part of a set). Check it out at the Michigan Catholic.

Procession following the High Mass from St. Michael’s Church onto the highway, through part of Cherokee Village to the FSSP Rectory, and returning to the church. Bring shoes suitable for walking a good distance for the procession.

Potluck Luncheon at Ave Maria Hall following the procession.

Fried chicken will be provided but all are asked to bring 2 side dishes for their family and some to share, especially as we are expecting visitors for this very special day! Salads of all kinds, vegetable dishes, beans, potatoes, and desserts are all welcome. Not to forget wine or the beverage of your choice!

Corpus Christi procession following the 12:30 Mass from the Church to the Perpetual Adoration Chapel, with stational altars in between, and crowning of Our Lady’s statue, en route, by a group of this year’s First Communicants.

picture of the procession will be posted at spokanecath.blogspot.com afterwards
our parish is currently without a choir so we will be trying hard but…
4th Degree Knights will provide honor gaurd.
I recently reparied the canopy, this will be its first use in years (it had a short stint as an altar frontal).

In Santa Fe, NM, where I live, it will be all of the above on Sunday at 3pm. It will be a city-wide procession from the St. Francis Cathedral Basilica and around. All the parishes will participate. The new church bells will probably ring too. I have pictures from last year on my blog and will probably try to get better ones this year.

I’m very spoiled living in an old Catholic community with tradition, rituals and culture.

Corpus Christi Next Sunday, June 14th, we will have our
annual celebration of Corpus Christi. The 10:00 Mass at I.C.
will be a Solemn Mass, followed by the Corpus Christi
Procession. The procession will process to each of the three altars and return to the church for the final Benediction.

Forty Hours’ Devotion starting with exposition Friday night June 12th at 7pm , until the 8am Mass on Sunday (interrupted for the 7:30am and 5pm Masses on Saturday). Eucharistic Procession around the block immediately following the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

We had not had a Corpus Christi procession for decades. Then, six, maybe seven years ago, our former pastor (now the Bishop Kevin Vann of Fort Worth, Texas) and his assistant (now our pastor, Fr. David Hoefler) were rummaging around in a crawl space in the basement and found, hidden in the dust, the old silk canopy that had been used in parish Eucharistic processions in years gone by. Who stuffed it there, and why, is anybody’s guess. They also found an old black biretta.

So then-Monsignor Vann and Fr. Hoefler got both items cleaned up and reinstated the annual Corpus Christi procession, done as it was in the old days — around the block in the parish’s neighborhood, with the pastor, wearing the biretta, holding our Lord up high above his head in a magnificent golden monstrance, and four men holding the silk canopy over his head (it is held aloft with shiny wooden posts), with stops at four stations along the route to adore our Lord with the Tantum Ergo, Pange Lingua, and other traditional hymns. Oh yeah, there’s a thirible and plenty of incense too.

The stations are in the front yards of parishoners who live in the neighborhood. The whole thing takes about an hour (it is a large block — from the parish we go south on Walnut Street, then west for a block on Ash, then back north again on Glenwood Street, then back to the parish, on Laurel) and police re-direct traffic so we don’t get run over. It is a wonderful, pious, public, and communal display of Eucharistic piety and, yes, CATHOLIC IDENTITY.

And in Springfield, Illinois, too. Brick by heavy brick, as you said back in January when you posted the news of our weekly TLM at Blessed Sacrament. This year I am bringinga camera and will post pictures on my blog afterward.

Holy Family Parish, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (FSSP personal parish). Missa Cantata 10:30am with procession and benediction to follow. If any of you are in the area you’re more than welcome to come, for details on the location of this parish you can visit http://holyfamilyvancouver.ca/

We have been having a procession around the town plaza for the last several years, but this year we’re having a longer procession on Sunday going further out into the town, past the now-vacant site of a church whose first building was built in the late 16th century and which is the predecessor of our current Cathedral. It is wonderful to think that we are following the route probably taken by our Catholic predecessors here centuries ago.

The pastor was hoping to get permission for Benediction in the plaza, but I’m not sure he was able to manage that. In any case, I think it will be great and I hope there’s a good turn out.

Blessed Sacrament Parish in Lincoln, Nebraska will host a Eucharistic procession from St. Francis Chapel at 13th and South through the streets of the parish to the main church at 17th and Lake. The procession will begin after the 11:30 EF Mass at St. Francis and will feature Benediction at three altars along the way. Immediately following the closing Benediction the combined Altar Societies of St. Francis and Blessed Sacrament will host a pot luck supper. All are welcome.
(St. Francis Chapel is an apostolate of the FSSP and forms a part of Blessed Sacrament Parish.)

There will be a procession through downtown Camas starting at 1:30 PM, starting at the church. The procession will be followed by a potluck/BBQ. The Knights of Columbus will be grilling up hot dogs and hamburgers.

There will be a Eucharistic procession after the noon Mass at Cathedral of St Mary in Fargo, North Dakota on Sunday, June 14. Going on the beautiful music and liturgy of pass processions, I expect it to be fantastic!

The annual Corpus Christi procession will commence following the 12:30 Ordinary Form Mass (which regularly features the chanting of the English propers from Paul Ford’s By Flowing Waters as well as the Latin communion proper from the Graduale).

Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, Sout End
for directions google or mapquest the rectory 75 Union Park

Solemn High Mass, Frs. David Taurasi and John Rizzo, FSSP. 11:00am,
in the newly renovated Tridentine Chapel, followed by Exposition,
Solemn Procession of the Blessed Sacrament through the South End,
finishing with Adoration throughout the afternoon, in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, during which the Office will be sung , Vespers and Benediction at 4:00pm.

At the extraordinary form High Mass, together with the solemn procession with the Blessed Sacrament and benedictions, the parish will be formally consecrated to the Sacred Heart of our Lord and the Immaculate Heart of our Lady. Past experience has shown innumerable benefits, spiritual and otherwise, from such a consecration, which will be renewed yearly on Corpus Christi. A festive potluck will follow.

@Andraea, it’s not quite Los Angeles, but St. Sebastian’s in Santa Paula will have a Corpus Christi procession after the 11am mass on Sunday, followed by Benediction in the church. 101 N to 126 E, go 10 miles and exit 10th St, left on Santa Paula street, corner of Santa Paula & 9th.

New York, New York at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Saturday, (N.B. not Sunday) June 13th
5:30 p.m. Ordinary Form Mass of Corpus Christi
followed by Eucharistic Procession (possibly through the streets of New York!)

1 P.M. Adoration and confession
2 P.M. Procession led by Archbishop Naumann and Bishop Finn, to Bishop Miege
High School.
Along the procession route a stational altar will be set up where participants
will stop and receive Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
The closing Benediction will take place at Miege Stadium.

“In celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi, benediction and Eucharistic adoration will be led by Bishop Gregory Aymond on June 14 at 6:30 pm at St. Mary’s. The service will be in English and Spanish. A reception will follow in Bishops Hall. Earlier in the afternoon, a procession with the Blessed Sacrament will begin at Cristo Rey Parish and travel to St. Mary Cathedral arriving there at 6:30 p.m.”

… and a question for any fellow Austinites: does anybody have a clue what time the procession is likely to START? The Cristo Rey website has nothing about it, and their on-line bulletin is from last month.

Given the tragedy that struck Cristo Rey earlier this year, I find it appropriate to begin the procession at their parish church. I’d just like to know what time to show up!

Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Archdiocesan Corpus Christi Procession, Sunday, June 14, 2:00-3:30 p.m., Little Sisters of the Poor to the Cathedral of St. Paul. Bring your family and friends for this festive walk with our Eucharistic Lord. Ice cream social follows. Park in the Cathedral parking lot and ride a free shuttle bus to Little Sisters’ from 1:15 to 1:45 p.m. Details at http://www.WalkWithHim.net.

I neglected to mention that the celebrant for the Archdiocesan Corpus Christi Procession in St. Paul, Minn. will be the Most Rev. Lee A. Piché (Bishop-elect) and the homilist will be the Very Rev. Joseph R. Johnson.

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